What annoys me is that these youngsters dont get chance to stake a claim....they may play one or two games, play well and then not get a look in again.
i do tend to agree with FP a bit in that we have youngsters that look promising but dont get the chance to prove anything before their shipped out .
Would have liked to have seen EH given more than 1 senior appearance, likewise Gregg......look at how many 1st team appearances 'talented youngsters' get at other clubs before their released......but like has been said time will tell !!
Good luck lad

if anyone had seen hodgson play for the 20's last yr i dont think many would be shedding any tears over him leaving, elliot gorman who was in the 18's is far better, hodgson was sent back from dewsbury and batley with very little game time for them aswell so he did not play well enough to warrant a place in their first teams or ours, end of day we have 2 very good full backs coming through and greg eden aswell

not asking too much just to give these kids a chance, Keal Carlise was a great example, he got a shot in the first team against Wire in MM and playing with better players brought his game on.

Keep an eye out for Keal at KR, Wood at Wakey and Greg currently at Leigh cos think they all will do well given the chance

Agree somewhat with Prop & Daz in as much as our young lads need a fair crack of the whip ie. maybe 6-8 games to prove themselves rather than playing a little bit in one or two matches, doing OK & then being lost again in the ether. If they got regular games & were allowed to develop at the top level they may well have turned out to have different career paths. After all, whatever your trade, everyone needs to serve a proper apprenticeship to be able to do their job properly when they're out of their time.

And it is a fact that although we have developed some of our young talent, we are still miles behind Wigan, Saints, Leeds etc in that respect.

He impressed me to an extent in the very, very short spell he spent on the field during his time with Batley (literally 20 minutes during a rout of Hunslet). He looked to have an ability to beat men with a good sidestep and plenty of pace. However, what struck me during that game was how unwilling he was to take on a defensive line - i.e. not a one-on-one proposition, off-loading t any opportunity before he met a potential group of tacklers. Apparently he was truly awful at Dewsbury during his later spell there.